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Hosta 'Humpback Whale'
Hosta
Plant Type: Perennial
Massive, dome-shaped mound of blue-green, corrugated, heart-shaped leaves. Its color is bluest in the springtime. Blue-green scapes carry near-white, bell-shaped flowers in early summer.
Mildred Seaver was known among hosta enthusiasts as the “Queen of Hostas”. In her lifetime, she registered 95 new varieties including: ‘Spilt Milk’, ‘Queen of the Seas’, and ‘Komodo Dragon’.
Height36" |
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Spread84" |
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Landscape Application:
Hostas provide texture and contrast to the shade garden: specimen, group, edging, groundcover.
Hosta 'Humpback Whale' Plant Care:
Prefers richly organic, well drained, consistently moist soil.
USDA Hardiness Zone: Zone 3 (-40/-30F)
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